Embrace the mindful hobby of embroidery with a coordinated bundle of 3 kits for 11"x14" band-styled samplers. 

Embroider a set of classic stitch samplers for display in your home or for gifting loved ones.  Classic themes can be styled for any setting. Home Sampler gives you three houses, folk-art flowers, and a well-known saying. Honeybee Sampler is themed around both bees and sweet attitudes. Peacock Dreams is a nod to the Victorian era when samplers moved from practice pieces to display-worthy. 

Quality materials include: patterns color-printed to 14"x18" linen canvas fabric, full skeins of DMC-brand floss, and John James-brand needles. You also get a handy hinged storage tin with each of the 3 kits. Hoop is NOT included in kit.

Experienced needle crafters enjoy working a range of stitches, while those new to embroidery use the illustrated project guide to master a comfort craft suited to all generations.

KITS IN THIS BUNDLE

Home Sampler

Embroider a classic sampler design celebrating house and home using freestyle hand embroidery stitches. You'll stitch three houses, the saying "Home is Where the Heart Is," an alphabet, clusters of folk-art flowers, an embellished series of banners and a variety of border lines.

Honeybee Sampler

This band sampler is themed around honey and bees using freestyle hand embroidery stitches. You'll stitch hive and honey-jar, clover, sunfloweres and honey-themed sayings in a band-sampler design. Strips and borders of repeating patterns add more fun stitch combinations to the project.

Peacock Dreams

Inspired by Victorian motifs of peacock, crown, stylized florals, and even a Melville-inspired whale tail, this is a classic stitch sampler. The peacock feathers are the star of this piece with curves in two shades of blue and heart-shaped eyes. Stitch repeating patterns in bands, filling florals with grids and backing up the peacock with a wallpaper of blossoms and stars.

INCLUDED:

You'll get 3 complete kits, and each one includes: 

::> Linen-cotton canvas fabric 14"x18" with design pre-printed in color and filling 11"x14"

::> Full skeins of coordinated DMC Embroidery Floss

::> 2 embroidery needles

::> 5.75" tin for organizing your supplies

::> Easy-to-follow illustrated instructions in four-page 8.5" x 11" cardstock project guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I do this if I've never embroidered?

Yes. All the instructions you'll need are included. If you've never handled a needle and thread, it might take a while to get comfortable. Take your time, keep your thread length under 18", and just be sure you're not tangling things and that you're pulling the thread all the way through. Once you've got this rhythm established with simple straight stitches, you can keep adding to the stitches you've mastered. The stitching guides actually tell you which stitches to start with on a design if you're new to embroidery.

What can I do with my finished project?

You can finish it in the hoop and hang it or get a frame with a circular cutout and glass cover. My favorite thing to do is to finish the design in a nicer hoop and then display on plate stand or small easel. I add it to styled vignettes around my house.

Will the printed pattern wash out?

No. You may wash your finished project but the printed design will not wash away.

What's the difference between kits and fabric prints?

The kits include not only the fabric print but also floss, needles, a storage tin, and hoop. The fabric prints include just the fabric print and the stitching guide. You will need to supply hoop, needles, and floss.

Do you offer PDF patterns?

No.

I see the option to add on scissors and needle minder. Do I need them?

You don't need a needle minder. It's simply a nice extra: it attaches to your work in progress with a magnet and will hold your needle when you need to put it down. 

You will need scissors, but any scissors that you have already will also work. Our scissors are the right size for fitting into the storage tin that comes with each kit, and I like having a few pairs for my my many works in progress.

Copyright

This embroidery pattern is designed by Debbie Hodge/Stitched Stories LLC and is for personal use only.

Patterns may not be reproduced or shared. 2023 Debbie Hodge, Stitched Stories.